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package proton;


/**
 * Receiver
 *
 * @opt operations
 * @opt types
 *
 */

public interface Receiver extends Link
{

    /**
     * issue the specified number of credits
     */
    public void flow(int credits);

    /**
     * Receive message data for the current delivery.
     *
     * @param bytes the destination array where the message data is written
     * @param offset the index to begin writing into the array
     * @param size the maximum number of bytes to write
     *
     * @return the number of bytes written or -1 if there is no more
     *         message data for the current delivery
     */
    public int recv(byte[] bytes, int offset, int size);

}